N/A - RHSA-2005:299

Executive Summary

Summary
Title	realplayer security update

Informations
Name	RHSA-2005:299	First vendor Publication	2005-03-21
Vendor	RedHat	Last vendor Modification	2005-03-21
Severity (Vendor)	Important	Revision	01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score	Not Defined	Attack Range	Not Defined
Cvss Impact Score	Not Defined	Attack Complexity	Not Defined
Cvss Expoit Score	Not Defined	Authentication	Not Defined
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated realplayer packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386 Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386

3. Problem description:

The realplayer package contains RealPlayer, a media format player.

A number of security issues have been discovered in RealPlayer 8 of which a subset are believed to affect the Linux version as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras. RealPlayer 8 is no longer supported by RealNetworks.

Users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this erratum package which contains RealPlayer 10.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

150341 - RHEL3 U5: Update to RealPlayer 10